Apparently after Giraud family purchased this property in 1956 and renamed it Certan Giraud, there was still some kind of agreement between new owner and negociant in Bordeaux, who had an exclusivity on name Certan Marzelle (name of the property before purchase by Girauds) and received part of the Certan Giraud production as that. As far I have been told, there was no difference between those two wines, apart from Certan Marzelle label being white with black letters and Certan Giraud being black with golden letters.
This wine was simply stunning at cold evening in the beginning of December 2019 in Copenhagen. Dark red, very aromatic with truffles, so young in appearance that you couldn't believe it, so fresh with fantastic balance, complexity and structure. My friend who is incredibly good taster, guessed this wine to be 2000!! 37 years old Pomerol and kicking ass! My feel is that this wine can live at least 20 years more.
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Powerful, thick, great complexity, fat fruit and grained tannin, great structure and length. This is the best vintage from the property I've ever tasted! Simply excellent.
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1982 Château Certan-Marzelle
12/7/2019 - Troplong05 wrote: 95 Points
Apparently after Giraud family purchased this property in 1956 and renamed it Certan Giraud, there was still some kind of agreement between new owner and negociant in Bordeaux, who had an exclusivity on name Certan Marzelle (name of the property before purchase by Girauds) and received part of the Certan Giraud production as that. As far I have been told, there was no difference between those two wines, apart from Certan Marzelle label being white with black letters and Certan Giraud being black with golden letters.
This wine was simply stunning at cold evening in the beginning of December 2019 in Copenhagen. Dark red, very aromatic with truffles, so young in appearance that you couldn't believe it, so fresh with fantastic balance, complexity and structure. My friend who is incredibly good taster, guessed this wine to be 2000!! 37 years old Pomerol and kicking ass! My feel is that this wine can live at least 20 years more.
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2018 Château Cantelauze
4/1/2019 - Troplong05 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Powerful, thick, great complexity, fat fruit and grained tannin, great structure and length. This is the best vintage from the property I've ever tasted! Simply excellent.
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2017 Château Cantelauze
4/1/2019 - Troplong05 Likes this wine: 93 Points
80% lost due to frost in the spring. Intense flavour of cherries, spicy, elegant, splendidly constructed. Fine effort indeed.
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